CVE-2023-23752: Joomla! Improper Access Control Vulnerability

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name
Joomla! Improper Access Control Vulnerability
Vendor
Joomla!
Product
Joomla!
Added to the catalog
2024-01-08
Due date for US federal agencies
2024-01-29
Weaknesses
CWE-284
Catalog version
2026.10.30

Joomla! contains an improper access control vulnerability that allows unauthorized access to webservice endpoints.

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

Read on 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z under licence cisa-kev-cc0@b0067899 from https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

NVD analysis

Status
Analyzed
Published
2023-02-16T17:15:10.603
Last modified
2026-06-17T05:37:50.963
Weaknesses
NVD-CWE-Other, CWE-284

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0 through 4.2.7. An improper access check allows unauthorized access to webservice endpoints.

MetricScoreSeverityVectorScored by
CVSS 3.15.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N[email protected] (Primary)
CVSS 3.15.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

References

This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

Read on 2026-11-02T23:42:08.214Z under licence nvd-api-terms-of-use@ff2a5288 from https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2023-23752

CVE record

Title (CNA)
[20230201] - Core - Improper access check in webservice endpoints
Assigner
Joomla
State
PUBLISHED
Published
2023-02-16T16:25:21.003Z
Updated
2026-02-26T05:05:03.342Z
Problem types
ACL

An issue was discovered in Joomla! 4.0.0 through 4.2.7. An improper access check allows unauthorized access to webservice endpoints.

References

Read on 2026-11-03T02:02:48.336Z under licence cve-terms-of-use@81bfa2f3 from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2023/23xxx/CVE-2023-23752.json

Detection rules (SigmaHQ)

SigmaHQ rules whose own tags name this CVE. Each rule page shows the rule as its author published it.

Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

CWE-284: Improper Access Control

D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.

Read on 2026-11-02T23:55:41.179Z under licence d3fend-terms-of-use@f98cbc7e from https://d3fend.mitre.org/api/weakness/cwe/CWE-284.json

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Sources and licences

  • CISA

    Source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30, CC0 1.0. Use of this data does not imply endorsement by CISA or DHS.

    CC0 1.0 Universal

  • National Vulnerability Database (NIST)

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  • CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation

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    CVE Program Terms of Use ("CVE Usage" licence)

  • SigmaHQ

    "Potential CVE-2023-23752 Exploitation Attempt" by Bhabesh Raj (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2023/Exploits/CVE-2023-23752/web_cve_2023_23752_joomla_exploit_attempt.yml.
    Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-License

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  • MITRE D3FEND

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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2023-23752: Joomla! Improper Access Control Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-3ee07fdd8f37, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2023-23752 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-17T05:37:50.963.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2026-02-26T05:05:03.342Z.
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule 0e1ebc5a-15d0-4bf6-8199-b2535397433a, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.

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